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Plantain Cupcakes
I think of these as a Latin-inspired cross between Bananas Foster and coffee cake. I topped the plantain cupcakes with a brown sugar rum glaze and homemade sweet plantain chips.
Prep Time
10
minutes
mins
Cook Time
30
minutes
mins
Total Time
40
minutes
mins
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Servings:
18
cupcakes
Calories:
286
kcal
Author:
Stefani
Ingredients
Fried Plantains and Chips Ingredients
1/4
cup
unsalted butter
2
yellow plantains
2
tablespoons
brown sugar
2
teaspoons
cinnamon
Plantain Cupcake Ingredients
1 1/2
cups
all-purpose flour
1/2
teaspoon
salt
1
teaspoon
baking powder
1/2
teaspoon
baking soda
1 1/2
cups
brown sugar
3/4
cup
mashed
fried plantains (see recipe below)
2
large eggs
1
cup
vegetable oil
1
teaspoon
vanilla
1/2
cup
spiced rum
1/2
cup
milk
Brown-Sugar Rum Glaze
3
tablepsoons unsalted butter
1/2
cup
brown sugar
1/4
cup
spiced rum
2
tablespoons
heavy whipping cream
1
cup
sifted powdered sugar
1/4
teaspoon
salt
US Customary
-
Metric
Instructions
Fried Plantains/Chips Instructions
Preheat oven to 425 F.
Melt butter in a large skillet on medium-low heat.
Peel plantains and slice into ¼-inch thick slices.
Add plantain slices to skillet and cook until bottoms turn golden, about 5 minutes.
Flip and continue to cook for another few minutes. Add brown sugar to the skillet and stir to coat slices.
Remove from heat. In a food processor, combine 1 cup cooked plantains to yield ¾ cup mashed plantains.
Set aside.
Place remaining slices in a single layer on a parchment-lined cookie sheet and sprinkle with cinnamon.
Bake for 8 minutes.
Flip and bake plantains for another 8 minutes, until exteriors harden.
Plantain Cupcakes Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 F.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
In another medium mixing bowl, mix brown sugar, mashed plantains and eggs.
Mix in vegetable oil, vanilla, rum and milk.
Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, mixing until just combined.
Fill cupcake liners ¾ full.
Bake for 18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out dry.
Brown Sugar Rum Glaze Instructions
In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter.
Add brown sugar and stir continuously until just boiling.
Add rum and stir well.
Grab the saucepan handle, and tilt saucepan slightly over the flame of a gas burner to ignite rum. (Be sure to lean back from flames.)
Continue to stir until flames subside.
Stir in heavy whipping cream until just combined.
Remove from heat.
Stir in powdered sugar and salt.
Spread glaze over cooled cupcakes and top with a plantain chip.
Notes
If you can't find plantains near you, you could make this recipe using underripe bananas.
Nutrition
Calories:
286
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
48
g
|
Protein:
2
g
|
Fat:
7
g
|
Saturated Fat:
4
g
|
Cholesterol:
32
mg
|
Sodium:
149
mg
|
Potassium:
208
mg
|
Fiber:
1
g
|
Sugar:
35
g
|
Vitamin A:
425
IU
|
Vitamin C:
5.7
mg
|
Calcium:
49
mg
|
Iron:
0.9
mg